A 20-year-old Sanford man was charged Monday with...

A 20-year-old Sanford man was charged Monday with possession of cocaine after he was stopped for loitering in an area police say is known for drug activities.

Stevie Dennard, 215 Tuskegee St., was arrested about 11 a.m. He was being held Tuesday on $2,000 bond at the county jail.

Seminole County deputies saw two men loitering at the corner of Southwest Road and 20th Street with open cans of beer near them, reports said. When deputies approached them for questioning, one man kept his fist closed. Deputies checking him for a possible weapon found two pieces of crack cocaine in his hand, reports said.